Bumper for railway-cars



(No Model.)

W. H. PEARSON. BUMPER FOR RAILWAY CARS.

Patented Nov. 16, 1897;

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. PEARSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUMPER FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Iatent No. 593,605, dated November 16, 1897.

Application fil d June 19, 1897. Serial No. 641,443. (No model.)

To all whom it may concerm Be it known that I, \VILLIAM H. PEARSON, a resident of South Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bumpers for Railway-Oars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in bumpers for railway-cars, the object being to provide a bumper that will be comparatively cheap to manufacture, neat in appearance, and very strong and durable when in operation.

A further object is to provide a bumper in which railroad-rails can be utilized in its construction.

lVith these objects in view my invention consists in the parts and combinations of parts which will be more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective, showing my improved bumper in position for use. Figs. 2 and 3 are views illustrating modifications.

A A represent two inverted rails secured to the ties 1 of a railroad-track by means of a series of clamping plates or shoes 2, said rails A and A being bent downward at their inner ends to form anchors 3 and bent at points between their ends, as shown at 4, so as to converge toward each other and finally meet, their meeting ends being bent upward to form a stop 5.

The rails 13 B of the track rest upon and are secured to the inverted rails A A until the points at are reached, when they are. bent or curved upwardly, gradually approaching each other and finally coming together, as at 6, thus forming a standard the free ends of which terminate midway between the rails of the track. Two brace-rails O O are secured At the meeting forward ends of the rails B B and C G a metal plate 6 is secured, on the outer face of which four (more or less) coiledsprings 7 are secured, a plate 8 being provided to rest on the front of said springs and having pins 9 secured thereto and passing loosely through holes in the plate 6.

,Additional braces D I) are provided, and consist of two curved rails, one end of which are attached or secured to the rails A A, respectively, as at 10, to the rails B B, as at ll,and to brace-rails O O, as at 12.

Instead of the above form of bumper I might employ the construction shown in Fig. 2,which shows the two track-rails B and B bent so as to converge toward each other and at the meeting ends are bent upward to form a stop 5. A standard D extends from the meetingpoint of the rails B and B forwardly any desired distance, where it is secured to a crossbar E, secured to and extending under the rails of thetrack, and then bent at right angles and extending upward to the proper height, when it is again bent forwardly at right angles. A pair of brace-rods O and C similar to those heretofore described are secured to the upper forward end of this standard and extend rearward and downward to the stops or bent-up portions of rails B B A rail F is bent around under the track-rails B B its ends extending upward and secured to the brace-bars O and C thus forming additional braces for the bumper.

If desired, the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 may be adopted. In this form the standard consists of a vertical post G, bent at its upper end to form an arm G and secured at its lower end to a cross-piece-H, extending under the rails of the track. The vertical standard is also supported by a pair of braces 13 14:, connected thereto and extending rearwardly and secured to the track-rails B and B Y It is evident that other slight changes might be mad ein the general form and arrangement of the several parts herein shown and described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of construction herein shown and described; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent,- is

1. Ina bumper for cars, the combination with a base having a stop thereon, of a standard projecting upwardly from said base, a

brace secured to the upper end of said standard and extending rearward to the stop on' the base, and a spring-buffer at the front portions of the standard and the brace.

2. In a bumper, the combination with a base, a standard, and a bufier, of a brace ex tending in a vertically-straight rearward direction from the buffer, and a supplemental brace extending from the brace to the base.

3. In a bumper the combination with abase composed of railroad-rails, of a standard composed of railroad-rails, terminating at its upper end inaposition to receive the end of a car, rails secured tosaid standard and stops or shoulders on the base to receive the rear extending from the upper end of said standard to the apex of the V-shaped base, substantially as set forth.

6. In a bumper for railroad-cars, the combination with a base composed of two rails bent at one end to form anchors and at the other end bent to form a V-shaped base having its ends bent upward to form a stop, of a standard composed of the rails of the track bent upward and together, a brace extending from said standard to the stop on the base and a spring-buffer at the front of said standard.

7. In a bumper the combination with a base composed of two inverted rails bent at one endto form anchors and at their other ends bent together to form a V-shaped base and upward to form a stop, a standard composed of the rails of a track disposed parallel with and secured to the base-rails and bent upwardly and together in a semicircle at their free ends, a brace extending from the upper ends of said standard to the stop on the base, a spring-buffer on the front of the standard and the brace, and a supplemental brace secured to the base, the standard and the firstmentioned brace, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PEARSON. \Vitnesses:

JAMES E. SHEEHAN,

SAMUEL PICKFORD. 

